On 4/20/04 8:45 AM, "Gary Hale" <ghale@globalinternetworking.com> wrote:

The question is too simplistic ... It is not (simply) a matter of small vs. big or being on your own network from source-to-destination. Peering is an enabler ... and gives all an opportunity to share content globally ... kinda' fundamental to the Internet consortium.

Is your question, 'Since fiber is so cheap, why doesn't everyone build an autonomous, facilities-based, global "Internet" network that competes for narrowband/broadband "pullers" of data and hosting/data centers/etc. for content providers ("pulled-fromers" or "pushers" of data)?

Gary

-----Original Message----- From: Michel Py [mailto:michel@arneill-py.sacramento.ca.us] Sent: Monday, April 19, 2004 10:46 PM To: Gordon Cook; nanog@merit.edu Subject: RE: Backbone IP network Economics - peering and transit

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Peering? Who needs peering if transit can be had for $20 per megabit per second?

The smaller guys that don't buy transit buy the gigabit.

Michel.

Gary, "Peering is an enabler" "gives all an opportunity to share content globally" "fundamental to the Internet consortium" This is like the "greatest hits" compendium collected from various failed 1990's service provider business plans :) People should be careful. Peering is a business/networking arrangement that can save them money (or not). Those who try to imbue it with philosophical significance must be viewed with skepticism. Daniel Golding Network and Telecommunications Strategies Burton Group